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No. 275,430. Patented Apr. 10,1883.

' UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

I MALooLM SMITH, or GLOUCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 275,430, dated April10, 1883,

Application filed January .19, 1883. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MALCOLM SMITH, of Gloucester, in the county of Essexand State of Massachusetts,have invented anew and usefullmprovement inShoes; and I do hereby declare the sameto be described in the followingspecification and represented in the accom panying drawings, of which- 7Figures 1 and 2 are opposite side views of a shoe having its upper madeand arranged in accordance with my improvement. Fig. 3 is a top view ofthe upper as formed in one piece of leather or material, and providedwith tie and lacing tongues and slits arranged as shown. Fig. 4 is abottom view of the upper as folded in order for one of the quarters toform a lining to the other. 7 p

The nature of my invention is defined in the claims hereinafterpresented.

In making a shoe with this upper, one of the quarters is folded orcarried around within the other, so as to constitute a lining therefor.The quarters are provided near their ends with tietongues, one of which,after the quarters have been so folded, is to be extended through a slitin the other quarter or the vamp. So the quarters may be provided attheir-ends with lining tongues or extensions, and the vamp may have init a slit for reception of one of such extensions, the whole beingsubsequently folded, so as to cause the extensions to be underneath andform alining to the vamp.

In a shoe provided with my invention there is no back seam connectingthe quarters and ranging up and down the heel portion of the upper. Onequarter is made to serve as alinin g tothe other, and, besides such, theliningtongues of both, or both quarters, may be made to answer as alining or linings to the vamp. In cutting the upper from aside ofleather there is little, it any, waste,' the upper being cut in theside, laterally thereof, from the middle to the edge of it, so as tohave the belly portion constitute the quarters, and the vamp taken fromthe better part of the side.

In Fig. 3 of the drawings, A denotes the vamp; BB, thequarters OO,thetie-t0ngues, and DD the vamp-lining tongues, all being in one pieceof leather and formed and arranged as represented. There arein the vamp,near its junction with the quarters, two slits, a

and b, they being disposed in the vamp in manner as shown. Furthermore,one of the tietongues is at its base parts separated from its quarter bya slit, as shown at c. The liningtongue D is also so separated at itsbase from its quarter a short distance, as shown at d.

These separations or slits, however, are not essential, althoughadvantageous to my inven-' ject above the vamp. Next, the quarter B isto ,be bent around the quarter B, so as to cause the tie-tongue C to lapon the vamp and come directly opposite the fellow tie-tongue, O. The

lining tongue D is to be inserted through the slitb and drawn forwardunder and against the vamp, so as to form a lining to one side thereof,the other lining-tongue also ext-ending under the vamp and constitutinga lining for it at its opposite side or part. The parts, being soarranged, are to be properly stitched together and bound or finished.

The two quarters may be unprovided with the tie-tongues, in which casethe vamp need not have the slit a for reception ofone of such tongues.with the lining-tongues, in which case the vamp need not have theslit 1) for reception of one of such lining-tongues. The upper may thusbe made as a Slipper-upper without tie-tongues, one quarter of itconstituting a lining to the other; or it may be made with suchtie-tongues and with or without the lining-tongues; but to complete theupper to the best advantage it may or should be provided with both kindsof tongues and the slits in it, as explained.

When a bootee, or shoe with quarters to extend around the ankleofaperson, is to be made in accordance with my invention there may be inthe ankle-quarter parts an auxiliary lining, if required.

I do not claim, in makinga boot or shoe, the vamp-quarters and sole cutin a single piece, as shown in the United States PatentNo. 1,178,

So the quarters may be unprovided dated June 21, 1839, and granted toJeremiah B. Keen nor do I claim the heel portion ofa boot or shoe upperslitted and lapped, as shown in the United States Patent No.ll1,039,dated January 17, 1871, as my invention differs materiallytherefrom.

I claim- 1. A shoe-upper having on each of its quarters a tie-tongue, asdescribed, and oneofsueh quarters bent around within the other, and itstie-tongue inserted through a slit made in the other quarter, or in thevain p, as set forth.

2. Ashoe-upperhaving its quarters provided with tie and lacing tongues,and its vamp with slits for reception of two of such tongues, all r5being substantially as set forth.

3. Ashoe-upper havingits quarters provided with tie-tongues and its vampwith a slit to receive one of such tongues when its quarter is bentarouud'within the other quarter, so as to 20 constitute a liningthereto.

MALCOLM SMITH. Witnesses E. B. PRATT, R. H. EDDY.

